You donít need to redeem this voucher. Your gift card will be shipped automatically to the address you provided when you purchased the voucher.

Your gift card may be used for online orders; free slices of cheesecake must be redeemed at the restaurantFree shippingVoucher is valid starting on December 1, 2012Your gift card will never expire!

Voucher is valid starting on December 1, 2012Limit three vouchers per personCannot be combined with other offersShipping cost includedMust provide name and shipping information during checkout

Please allow 2 weeks for deliveryCheesecake voucher can be used for any flavor of cheesecake; voucher is good for 1 slice of cheesecake, not a whole cheesecake pieAll gift cards and vouchers are good to use at all 159 Cheesecake Factory locationsGift cards and vouchers are transferableYour gift card may be used for online orders; free slices of cheesecake must be redeemed at the restaurantNo returns allowed on gift cards; all sales are final

It must be the FatWallet effect - was in the middle of purchasing when the site went into Maintenance Mode

Its back up at 8:54am

MisterEd

Senior Member - 3K

posted: Nov. 16, 2012 @ 7:52a

LOL ... "Sorry, we're working on some scheduled maintenance, try again later."

dillongeo

Member

posted: Nov. 16, 2012 @ 7:54a

Are they affiliated to KGB?

noANANDforme

Loyal Member

posted: Nov. 16, 2012 @ 7:56a

When I submitted my credit card info, it hung on the page for a good 3 minutes. I was about to hit refresh when the confirmation page came through. So far, 5164 have been sold. It was at 3500 right before I posted here.

MisterEd

Senior Member - 3K

posted: Nov. 16, 2012 @ 7:58a

noANANDforme said: When I submitted my credit card info, it hung on the page for a good 3 minutes. I was about to hit refresh when the confirmation page came through. So far, 5164 have been sold. It was at 3500 right before I posted here. I never got the confirmation page, just the "maintenance" message. Just got a confirmation despite the fact it went into maintenance mode. I may end up with 4 of them.

I think it'll go the way of this deal, where they cancelled the promo.

noANANDforme

Loyal Member

posted: Nov. 16, 2012 @ 8:06a

MisterEd said: teraman said: Has anyone used KGBDeals before? No, but there is little to no risk using a credit card.

Also, they tried to break into the "Groupon" market back in 2009 with silly commercials on TV that tried to portray them as "KGB", but never made it big here in the US due to the limited market they offered and over saturation of deal sites. They only offer deals in a handful of cities, so it wasn't useful for many people, including me. I only subscribe to the national deals email, which are usually trying to sell some sub-par product, so I most often just hit delete. In this case, this product was something I was familiar with, so I bit...and bought 3.

Quite a few complaints in the 12 months, yet they still get an "A" rating. Still, as long as the site is secure and you use a CC,it would seem like you don't have much to lose.

lance6147

New Member

posted: Nov. 16, 2012 @ 8:14a

This deal is not real, someone is scamming KGB.

trainaholic

Senior Member - 2K

posted: Nov. 16, 2012 @ 8:17a

site is taking forever to submit my order.

valen9838

Senior Member

posted: Nov. 16, 2012 @ 8:21a

I understand they will be mailing out the gift card to address provided. What about the free cheesecake? how do I redeem that?

drgopoos

Member

posted: Nov. 16, 2012 @ 8:25a

Site is down...

noANANDforme

Loyal Member

posted: Nov. 16, 2012 @ 8:28a

valen9838 said: I understand they will be mailing out the gift card to address provided. What about the free cheesecake? how do I redeem that?

From what I understand, you have to go into the restaurant to get your free cheesecake. While the GC is mailed to you, you have to use the voucher in a B&M store. I wouldn't want cheesecake mailed to me anyway.

valen9838

Senior Member

posted: Nov. 16, 2012 @ 8:33a

noANANDforme said: valen9838 said: I understand they will be mailing out the gift card to address provided. What about the free cheesecake? how do I redeem that?

From what I understand, you have to go into the restaurant to get your free cheesecake. While the GC is mailed to you, you have to use the voucher in a B&M store. I wouldn't want cheesecake mailed to me anyway.

so the free cheesecake voucher will be email to me? or do i just use the voucher under "my deals" in my KGBDeals account?

mooreka

New Member

posted: Nov. 16, 2012 @ 8:36a

expired.

BenUrsa

Member

posted: Nov. 16, 2012 @ 8:36a

Expired.

mail2genious

Senior Member

posted: Nov. 16, 2012 @ 8:37a

Expired...So it was no ANAND for me.

teraman

Senior Member

posted: Nov. 16, 2012 @ 8:40a

I just got one a minute ago. I guess I must have been lucky.

noANANDforme

Loyal Member

posted: Nov. 16, 2012 @ 8:41a

valen9838 said: noANANDforme said: valen9838 said: I understand they will be mailing out the gift card to address provided. What about the free cheesecake? how do I redeem that?

From what I understand, you have to go into the restaurant to get your free cheesecake. While the GC is mailed to you, you have to use the voucher in a B&M store. I wouldn't want cheesecake mailed to me anyway.

so the free cheesecake voucher will be email to me? or do i just use the voucher under "my deals" in my KGBDeals account?

That I'm not sure about. It says the voucher for a free slice is only good after December 1st, so I would wait and see what gets mailed to us besides the actual gift card.

noANANDforme

Loyal Member

posted: Nov. 16, 2012 @ 8:42a

Expired, but 6975 sold.

Milstream

Senior Member

posted: Nov. 16, 2012 @ 8:44a

I payed via paypal, and as soon as I submitted my order I got "Sorry the site is down for maintenance" Paypal made the payment but I went back into my KGB account and there is no record of my purchase.

valen9838

Senior Member

posted: Nov. 16, 2012 @ 8:45a

thanks ANAND

shaggymutt

Member

posted: Nov. 16, 2012 @ 8:48a

Site is saying "expired" - WAY before the original stated deadline, if I remember correctly. Kinda argues in favor of those who are saying KGBDeals seems sketchy.

While their products are genuine, their customer service is beyond awful. Not to mention they don't always honor what they say.

I Emailed KGBDeals customer "service" *10 times* for them to honor a promotion of giving frequent flyer miles with each purchase until October 31, 2011 with a promo code they included in the email. Each time they said they were "investigating the issue" and "needed more time". 5 of the 10 Emails KGBDeals never replied with any response. The frequent flyer miles were supposed to post by the end of 2011. That never happened.

So in early 2012, I filed a complaint against KGBDeals with the BBB, and thanks to the BBB's help the BBB came up with a satisfactory solution to my problem.

Checked the Cheesecake Factory offer and it says sold out with Quantity of "1 SOLD". I have used KGBDeals before and it's OK as long as the offer is fulfilled but the REFUND or Follow up process is very hard with KGBDeals. I ordered a product from July and followed up with several customer service email until end of October to early November --- they didn't want to give you your money back and keep on saying "we will follow up with merchant".. I mean how long do they want you to wait? I went to Groupon with Merchants not fulfilling their end - either they went out of business or they would not honor the price paid for the promotion after expiration date and Groupon refunded what I paid via Account Credit. KGBDeals, Half Off Depot - I had BADDDDD experience with them .....

KMCHERRY

Senior Member

posted: Nov. 16, 2012 @ 1:31p

Cheesecake Factor post on Facebook:

"The Cheesecake FactoryIMPORTANT: We have learned that fraudulent offers for The Cheesecake Factory Gift Cards have been posted on various deal sites. There is no relationship between The Cheesecake Factory and the companies running these offers, and unfortunately the offers are not legitimate.

We are taking steps, including working with the appropriate legal authorities, to report this fraud.

The Cheesecake Factory is not currently selling our gift cards on any online deal sites, nor do we offer discounts on our gift cards."

speedlite

Senior Member

posted: Nov. 16, 2012 @ 5:47p

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speedlite

Senior Member

posted: Nov. 16, 2012 @ 5:47p

KMCHERRY said: Cheesecake Factor post on Facebook:

"The Cheesecake FactoryIMPORTANT: We have learned that fraudulent offers for The Cheesecake Factory Gift Cards have been posted on various deal sites. There is no relationship between The Cheesecake Factory and the companies running these offers, and unfortunately the offers are not legitimate.

We are taking steps, including working with the appropriate legal authorities, to report this fraud.

The Cheesecake Factory is not currently selling our gift cards on any online deal sites, nor do we offer discounts on our gift cards."

I spoke with CF Guest Relations in their Corp HQ and they confirmed this.

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noANANDforme

Loyal Member

posted: Nov. 19, 2012 @ 9:05p

My apologies to everyone who bought in. We'll get refunds, but it looks like KGBDeals is the biggest loser. With credit card transaction fees and lost opportunity cost, they need new management. They got scammed, not us.

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